Posters, Protests, and Prescriptions : Cultural Histories of the National Health Service in Britain Hardback
Edited by Jennifer Crane, Jane Hand
Part of the Social Histories of Medicine series
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The National Health Service has provided Britain’s healthcare since 1948.
This institution has been the subject of tense political debate since its inception and has undergone a number of complex reforms and restructures.
But the meanings of the NHS are not only – or even primarily – lived out in politics.
Nearly every Briton comes into contact with the NHS – from cradle to grave – and this system of healthcare shapes society, culture and everyday life. This book charts these multiple meanings, looking at the NHS as a site of work, activism and consumerism, as a space and in cultural representations.
Looking in these ways, the book shows how and why the NHS has become a symbol of Britishness and an object of fierce protectiveness, even love, today. -- .
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:368 pages, 14 black & white illustrations
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:07/06/2022
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- ISBN:9781526163462
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:368 pages, 14 black & white illustrations
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:07/06/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781526163462
